who crossed into the country across the dmz. travis king is back in us custody. universe live from london — this is bbc news... getting to the heart of the matter — a team of international scientists try to answer a very important question. i'm at europe's particle research centre in cerne reporting on the results of an incredible experiment to find out whether antimatter falls down or up.

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. the us soldier travis king who was being held in north korea is back in us custody. us media reports say he is now in china. hours earlier, north korea said it would deport private king who ran into the country across the demilitarized zone injuly. he had been due to be flown to the us to face military disciplinary proceedings when he escaped his escort and entered north korean territory. live now to our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. in terms of the very latest, take us through what we have learned over the last few hours? we now know that the last few hours? we now know that the united states has travis king in its custody. we don't know where he is at this moment in time. there are plenty of media reports here saying that he exited north korea via china. we cannot confirm that

officially at that point in time. we are waiting to hear, i think perhaps when he gets nearer home, some of the details that led to this release. if i can take you back, he fled across the joint security area, a part of the dmz zone, on tourist... he did a tourist tour of the area. he went across in mid—july and hasn't been heard from since. we have had very little from him, the north koreans released a statement saying he came out of south korea, came into their territory to protest about the racism and the treatment in the us military, bearing in mind travis king is a black man. but it does look like the diplomatic white wheels have been turning and while we cannot talk about any of the details at this stage, typically in

the past, sweden has played a big role as they have some representation in pyongyang, which the united states doesn't have. i wouldn't be at all surprised if they were involved.— were involved. remind me, it has been very — were involved. remind me, it has been very quiet — were involved. remind me, it has been very quiet publicly _ were involved. remind me, it has been very quiet publicly on - were involved. remind me, it has been very quiet publicly on this i been very quiet publicly on this from the administration. is it the thought there were behind the scenes negotiations or via a third party, as you were suggesting, have the authority said anything about how they were addressing that suddenly they were addressing that suddenly they discovered almost in an instant? , , ., instant? there is very little detail we can give _ instant? there is very little detail we can give you _ instant? there is very little detail we can give you publicly - instant? there is very little detail we can give you publicly at - instant? there is very little detail we can give you publicly at the i we can give you publicly at the moment. but it is clear, i think, this is not a process that happen just now. it has been going on for some time and that will be typically the case, because these are a delicate, diplomatic dance so that everyone manages to save face. we should be able to bring you some more detail on that very shortly. of course, it raises all sorts of

questions about, notjust travis king's future, will he face the charges he was meant to back in the united states, criminal damage and assault charges. what is the status of his health and they will be a lot of his health and they will be a lot of concern about that and the way he was treated in north korea. the american student that was held by the north koreans, otto warmbier, came back in a coma and died shortly after he came back to the united states. there will be a lot of concern as to how he has been treated. he is 23 years old and from wisconsin. i am sure the us will have been in touch with his family about these developments. we haven't heard from them yet at this stage. a lot of detail is likely to come out in the next hour or so. mil lot of detail is likely to come out in the next hour or so.— in the next hour or so. all right, ga , in the next hour or so. all right, gary. we _ in the next hour or so. all right, gary. we will — in the next hour or so. all right, gary, we will talk _ in the next hour or so. all right, gary, we will talk again - in the next hour or so. all right, gary, we will talk again in - in the next hour or so. all right, gary, we will talk again in the i in the next hour or so. all right, i gary, we will talk again in the next hour on this programme, but thank you for the updatejust hour on this programme, but thank

you for the update just now. the green light has been given to develop the uk's largest untapped oil and gas field in the north sea. rosebank, which is 80 miles west of shetland, is expected to produce the equivalent of 300 million barrels of oil during the expected 25—year lifetime of the project. but the decision is controversial because of its impact on climate change. last month, 50 mps and peers from all major parties raised concerns the oil field could produce 200 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. alexandra mackenzie reports. north sea oil is again at the centre of economic, political and climate debate. the long discussed rosebank oil and gas field is run by the norwegian state energy firm, equinor. it says this will bring massive investment and jobs to the uk. there is a continued need for oil and gas. through the entire transition and even after net—zero, we will need oil and gas in our daily lives

and to run society as we know it. rosebank lies 80 miles west of shetland. discovered in 2004, the field is in deep water of more than 1000 metres. start—up is expected late 2026 or early 2027. but there is much anger and frustration about this decision. protesters gathered in whitehall, saying the approval was disastrous. well, this is the wrong decision to be made. i have expressed my concern about rosebank going ahead for some time now.

the uk government welcome the regulator's decision. rishi sunak was in scotland this summer, where he defended the decision to grant 100 new north sea oil and gas licenses. he was also asked about rosebank. what i would say is that it's entirely consistent with transitioning to net—zero that we use the energy we have got here at home, because we are going to need it for decades. so far betterfor our economy, forjobs and for climate emissions that we get it from here other than shipping it halfway around the world. scotland's first minister humza yousaf said he was disappointed. well, this is the wrong decision to be made. i have expressed my concern about rosebank going ahead for some time now. i think most reasonable people are in our position. we don't think the taps should be turned off tomorrow. there shouldn't be a cliff edge, but neither is the north—east or scotland's future in unlimited oil and gas extraction. keir starmer has set a labour government would have more reliance on green energy, including new offshore wind farms. but he would not reverse the rosebank decision if they win the next election.

what we have said is, no new licences to be granted when we are in power, but we won't revoke any licenses that are granted before we come into power. so an extremely heated debate. some strongly believe it is obscene. others are just as adamant that this is a good day for the uk. alexandra mckenzie, bbc news. the green party mp, caroline lucas has been giving me her reaction. she told me she was "angry, sad and frustrated", particularly with uk prime minister, rishi sunak. frankly, he's trying to pull the wool over people's eyes. it is absolutely not the case that simply because oil and gas is extracted from the north sea, that automatically means it comes to the uk much less than it comes to the uk at lower prices. there is absolutely no automatic advantage to energy security or to people's purses and the price of oil and gas by having this extraction go ahead.

but you've heard the prime minister and you've heard other ministers. they keep saying the same thing, that this is absolutely clearly about providing energy security. well, just because they keep saying it doesn't make it true. and many of us on the other side are pointing out, as indeed equinor themselves have pointed out, the oil company in question very helpfully sent a briefing to all mps, and in it they said that the vast majority of the oil that comes from this particular oil field will be for export. so there is absolutely nothing unless rishi sunak is about to renationalise the energy sector, which i don't think he is. there is absolutely nothing in this proposal that means that it guarantees energy security, that it guarantees that the oil and gas will come to the uk. it won't, it'll simply get sold on international markets at global prices. but what it will do, what it will do is completely smash any credibility that the uk has for any last vestige of climate leadership, because we know that we're running absolutely in the face of the advice from the climate scientists, from the climate change committee,

the government's own advisors, from the international energy agency, from just about everybody who is saying that if this goes ahead, it's very bad news for the climate. i'll come back to that point, but i want to go back to what you said just now, and you said it earlier on bbc radio where you said 90% or so of this oil would be exported because ithaca energy, who have a stake in this licence, responded to exactly what you said on the radio this morning. i just want to play that for our viewers. so that's simply incorrect. we will be using the majority of that oil in the uk, so i'm not quite sure where the fact around 90% of the oil is going to go outside of the uk. so you're saying this oil is not going to be sold on international markets? is it possible to say it's only going to be sold in the uk? is that legal? i wouldn't say it's only going to be in the uk. i think we still have quite a few years until the field will be fully developed.

but ultimately this is a uk field that will be producing both oil and gas for the uk. a uk field producing oil and gas for the uk. he's simply wrong. and actually on that same news bulletin, which i heard earlier, you then had dale vince, for example, from ecotricity absolutely agreeing that he is wrong. you had the energy intelligence unit again making the point that the man from ithaca is just simply wrong. i think what i actually said on the today programme this morning was that 90% of the resources of rosebank are oil and around 80% will be exported and nothing i've heard since convinces me otherwise. and as i say, i've got a letter from equinor in my email box as an mp telling me that the vast majority of that oil is going to be exported. i3 arrest warrants have been issued for the owners and staff of a wedding venue in northern iraq after at least 115

people died in a fire. another 200 people were injured. it's thought to have started when fireworks were set off in the hall. the bride and groom are said to be among the dead. our middle east correspondent lina sinjab has been following developments. music it should have been the start of a new life together. the newlyweds took to the dance floor. hundreds of their relatives had crammed into the wedding hall to celebrate. but fireworks changed everything. the fire spread in minutes. ceiling panels caught light. the power went out. in the chaos, more than 100 died. the bride and groom's fate is still unknown. a bulldozer smashed a hole in the side of the building to allow people to escape. this man made it out alive but believes his parents, wife and two children died.

arrest warrants have been issued for the owners of the building, according to state media, with officials saying flammable material were used inside. lina sinjab, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. five labour regional mayors have urged the government not to scrap the hs2 rail line between birmingham and manchester saying such a move would be an international embarrassment. there's speculation the prime minister is considering cancelling the northern leg, because of soaring costs. the government says, no decision has been made. mps are calling for a much bolder approach to reducing persistent school absence in england. the latest figures show, more than a fifth of pupils are missing at least 10% of lessons, about double the pre—pandemic total. ministers say, they're increasing support for schools including introducing mentors

to work with families. ireland has begun to feel the affects of storm agnes with persistent rain and strong winds recorded across the country. earlier, the met office warned that gusts would hit inland areas of northern ireland with winds between 60—65mph expected in some coastal areas along the irish sea. you're live with bbc news. a 15—year—old girl has been stabbed to death in croydon. the girl was a pupil at the private old palace ofjohn whitgift school — in a statement, it said it was "deeply shocked by the senseless and tragic death" of a "much—loved and valued friend and pupil". a 17—year—old boy — who is believed to have known the victim — has been arrested. the police have released this statement.

this is every parent's worst nightmare and i know the officers who responded this morning, along with our emergency service colleagues are devastated at the victim's deth. this is an emotion i share and i know people across croydon will be feeling the same. the victim's family has been informed and our thoughts are with them at what must be an incredibly difficult time. we carried out an urgent inquiry is to find the suspect and within 75 minutes of the incident happening, a 17—year—old boy was arrested in new addington. he remains in custody and will be questioned by detectives. we remain in the early stages of our investigation, however, based on what we know so far, we believe that we are not looking for anyone else in connection with this offence. from our initial inquiries, we believe the suspect may have known the victim. however, we are not in a position to release the victim's identity at this time. researchers at cern have just published the results

of an incredible experiment to discover whether anti—matter falls up or down. anti—matter is the opposite of the matter that makes up the world around us. some theories speculate that it might also respond oppositely to gravity. to test this researchers have built an anti—matter factory which has created the largest amount of anti—matter atoms in the universe and stored them in a magnetic bottle to prevent them coming in contact with the outside world. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh has had exclusive access to the lab and has sent us this report. at a lab near geneva, scientists are making a shadowy substance that's the very opposite of what our world is made from. anti—matterjust the coolest, most mysterious stuff you can imagine. it's taken 30 years and £1 billion to build a lab that can make and store large amounts of it. as far as we understand, you can build a universe made of just anti—matter.

to me, that'sjust inspiring to address one of the most fundamental open questions about what this stuff is and how it behaves. what we have here is the actual nerve centre... jeffrey hankst wants to find out whether anti matter. fall up or down. the electronics we need to actually form antihydrogen and then drop it. that's what this is. our world is made of atoms, the simplest is hydrogen, which consists of a positively charged protons in the middle and negatively charged electron orbiting it. antihydrogen is the opposite. negative in the middle and a positive version of the electron around it. that's exactly what they are making here. there's only one place in the known universe where antihydrogen atoms exist for more than a fraction of a second. and it is here. inside are thousands of antihydrogen atoms, kept in place by a magnetic field. the team turn off the magnet to see whether the antihydrogen

atoms fall up or down. and the answer...? we have found that within the precision of our experiment anti matter falls towards the earth in the same way that the equivalent matter would. is that not a bit of a disappointing result? well, obviously if it went up there is the nobel prize, right? if it goes down, everyone says yeah, i told you so. but the work is the same, you have to do the same due diligence either way. although the results show that there is no difference between the way matter and anti matter fall, researchers are going to continue to see if there is even the slightest variation, because that could still be really important. just after the big bang... matter, the stuff our universe is made from and its exact opposite, anti matter, existed in equal amounts. they should have combined and cancelled each other out, leaving nothing but light.

but here we are. we don't understand how our universe came to be matter dominated. we think that in the early stages of the universe, matter and anti matter should have been annihilated. so this is what motivates our experiments. we measure the fundamental properties of anti matter that might be a clue towards how our theories need to be revised. if answering the big question of why we are here at all? that if answering the big question of why we are here at all?— we are here at all? that why we are here question. _ we are here at all? that why we are here question, yes. _ we are here at all? that why we are here question, yes. and _ we are here at all? that why we are here question, yes. and that - we are here at all? that why we are here question, yes. and that is - here question, yes. and that is where this _ here question, yes. and that is where this doctor _ here question, yes. and that is where this doctor comes - here question, yes. and that is where this doctor comes in. . here question, yes. and that is| where this doctor comes in. she works on the equations that explain how gravity works.— how gravity works. anything that is new, how gravity works. anything that is new. especially _ how gravity works. anything that is new, especially goes _ how gravity works. anything that is new, especially goes against - how gravity works. anything that is new, especially goes against whatl how gravity works. anything that is i new, especially goes against what we think must_ new, especially goes against what we think must happen is super interesting. it means we will have to change — interesting. it means we will have to change something and changes are fantastic _ to change something and changes are fantastic. the to change something and changes are fantastic. ,. , ., ., fantastic. the scientist at the anti matter lab know— fantastic. the scientist at the anti matter lab know the _ fantastic. the scientist at the anti matter lab know the current - fantastic. the scientist at the anti. matter lab know the current theory has to change in order to answer one of the biggest question is, why the

universe exists at all. pal abu ghosh, universe exists at all. palabu ghosh, bbc universe exists at all. pal abu ghosh, bbc news. let's speak to professorjeffrey hangst —a physics professor at aarhus university in denmark. he is also a spokesman for the alpha experiement at cern in geneva. welcome to the programme. how excited where you buy this whole experiment? this excited where you buy this whole exneriment?_ excited where you buy this whole exeriment? , , . , ., . . experiment? this is... ecstatic. we have been — experiment? this is... ecstatic. we have been working _ experiment? this is... ecstatic. we have been working a _ experiment? this is... ecstatic. we have been working a long _ experiment? this is... ecstatic. we have been working a long time - experiment? this is... ecstatic. we have been working a long time to i experiment? this is... ecstatic. we i have been working a long time to get to the stage where we could do this experiment and we actually finished it off in record time in 2022. we couldn't be happier. hath? it off in record time in 2022. we couldn't be happier.— it off in record time in 2022. we couldn't be happier. why did people think that anti — couldn't be happier. why did people think that anti matter _ couldn't be happier. why did people think that anti matter might - couldn't be happier. why did people think that anti matter might not - think that anti matter might not respond in the normal way to gravity? to respond in the normal way to travi ? ., , ., , respond in the normal way to travi ? .,, ., , , gravity? to be fair, very few people think that. gravity? to be fair, very few people thinkthat. but— gravity? to be fair, very few people think that. but it's _ gravity? to be fair, very few people think that. but it's fundamentally i think that. but it's fundamentally is an open experimental question. so

the ideas we have access to this very rare stuff and we have established the techniques we need to actually drop it in a controlled way that would be sensitive to the gravity. so you are morally obligated to check that out. tell me a little bit more _ obligated to check that out. tell me a little bit more about _ obligated to check that out. tell me a little bit more about how - obligated to check that out. tell me a little bit more about how you - obligated to check that out. tell me a little bit more about how you go l a little bit more about how you go about creating anti matter? yes. a little bit more about how you go about creating anti matter? yes, you need the constituent _ about creating anti matter? yes, you need the constituent particles, - about creating anti matter? yes, you need the constituent particles, the i need the constituent particles, the antiproton nucleus and the positron, which is equivalent to the electron in the hydrogen atom. you can buy positrons, you can get a radioactive source that produces positrons, which you can accumulate and then used to make antihydrogen. we have this fantastic facility to produce antiprotons, you produce those by having collisions with protons at high energy and then they get them and they slow them down for us before they ship them up. we then

stop the antiprotons, combined them with positrons in a kind of magnetic bottle, so when they are born, they are trapped. for them to be trapped they have to be very cold and that is one of our 40s, is making antihydrogen that is cold enough to hold onto after it is formed. just a final thought. _ hold onto after it is formed. just a final thought, now— hold onto after it is formed. just a final thought, now you _ hold onto after it is formed. just a final thought, now you have - hold onto after it is formed. just a final thought, now you have thesej final thought, now you have these results, what do you actually do with them, what does this actually tell you? with them, what does this actually tell ou? , , , tell you? this is the first time we have made _ tell you? this is the first time we have made a _ tell you? this is the first time we have made a direct _ tell you? this is the first time we have made a direct observation l tell you? this is the first time we | have made a direct observation of how gravity influences the motion of anti matter. the next step is to do it more precisely, to be more and more sure that these things actually behave in the same way. that is the future of the experimental programme, is to continue to refine this measurement so that the uncertainty is smaller and smaller as time goes on.— as time goes on. professor, it is

absolutely _ as time goes on. professor, it is absolutely fascinating, - as time goes on. professor, it is absolutely fascinating, thank - as time goes on. professor, it is| absolutely fascinating, thank you for taking time to speak to a slide from geneva. thank you very much. just time to go back to that news from gb news that they have suspended than rotten following comments made on his programme by laurence fox. earlier, they suspended laurence fox, saying his comments were totally unacceptable. com ments were totally u na cce pta ble. let's comments were totally unacceptable. let's head to the newsroom and tell us the latest on this, because this story is moving quite quickly? it story is moving quite quickly? ut is, it has been moving quickly throughout the day. the latest development, as you have said, we have had a statement in from gb news. i will read it to you. it says gb news has suspended dan watson following comments made on his programme by laurence fox last night. —— dan wooton. it follows a decision earlier today to suspend

laurence fox. we are conducting a full investigation. it is worth going back to what happened last night. dan watson does an evening programme on gb news each evening between nine and midnight. last night he had laurence fox on his programme as a contributor. but it also should be said that laurence fox also presents programmes on gb news as well. during the course of that discussion, laurence fox made some comments about a female reporter, a politicsjoe reporter called anna evans. he said during those comments, show me a single self respecting man that would climb into bed with that woman. the reporter herself then posted on social media saying she felt sick after those comments had been made and was worried for her safety. shortly after that, gb news issued a statement distancing itself from the

comments. they said in that statement that it was conducting a full investigation and that it described the remarks as totally unacceptable. during the day and last night, lots of people are commenting, some of them who have worked for gb news and amongst the words being used, unacceptable, unjustifiable and indefensible. dan wootton, during the interview was seen almost laughing during some of the comments that laurence fox made. also, then issued a statement where he said he regretted the interview and now we have had the fact that he, along with laurence fox, has now been suspended from the station and gb news say they are conducting a full investigation.— full investigation. thank you very much and the — full investigation. thank you very much and the regulator, - full investigation. thank you very much and the regulator, 0fcom,| full investigation. thank you very - much and the regulator, ofcom, also looking at this case. we will have more of the headline stories and the business she is coming up in a

moment. good afternoon. this was the calm before the storm because agnes is well and truly bearing down across the united kingdom and ireland. the signature swirl of cloud around that deepened area of low pressure, which is not only bringing heavy rain, but gale force, if not severe gale force winds, as it tracks its way north and east. this is where we expect the potentially destructive winds with gusts up to 50 mph inland — enough to bring down some power lines and the odd tree. in extremities, we could see gusts of 70 or 75 mph over coastal areas and the hills. that, combined with the heavy rain, particularly for scotland and northern ireland, giving some disruption and hazardous conditions. away from southern and eastern areas it is a tale of two seasons today. it will feel quite summer—like i should imagine, and warm in the south and east, but wetter weather further north and west, with heavy showers across western parts of england, and wales. 22 or 23 celsius in the sunshine. staying largely fine and dry

in orkney and shetland, but then this evening the rain and wind picks up across scotland. so a warm or milder night than last night with so much wind and cloud around. and still quite a bit of cloud tomorrow morning but it should lift and clear, and we will see some sunshine materialising. quite a lot of dry weather for central and eastern parts but another weather front is moving in from the west. giving some sunshine, although not as warm as today, we will still reach the high teens, and possibly 20 across the south—east. still feeling pleasant. but then the weather fronts converge during the evening and overnight with heavy, thundery showers and brisk winds around those showers across southern areas. by friday morning it finally clears away, leaving sunny spells and showers in scotland and northern ireland,

but a good deal of dry and bright weather on friday to end the working week. as we move into the weekend, more wet weather on the way. it is all about storm agnes at the moment. more detail on the website, including the weather warnings, but do take care with those gales and heavy rain.

this is bbc news. the headlines... north korea deports the us soldier who crossed into the country across the dmz. travis king is back in us custody. officials in glasgow prove the first designated area in the uk where people can take illegal drugs under medical supervision. warnings that britain's cost of living crisis is worsening people's mental health. charities and medival bodies call for a long—term strategy. time for a look at the business news now. let's start here in the uk, where the controversial rosebank offshore development near shetland has been granted consent by regulators. development and production approval has been given to owners equinor and ithaca energy, following reassurances over environmental concerns.